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Business calendar

The Business Calendar runs each Sunday in the Business section. Notices of meetings, seminars and workshops of interest to the Buffalo-area business community should be sent to the Business News Desk of The News, Box 100, Buffalo, NY 14240; faxed to 849-4587; or e-mailed to fin@buffnews.com by the preceding Thursday.

Kiwanis Club of Buffalo, noon, Holiday Inn, 620 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Program: "The work of the Colitis and Crohn's Disease Foundation," presented by Kathy McNally, Immediate Past President of the WNY Chapter, Colitis and Crohn's Disease Foundation of America.

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Professional groups

The Buffalo Niagara Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, "Customer Delight: What It Is and How to Measure It" 8:30 a.m., Embassy Suites, 200 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. Registration, 8:15 a.m. Speaker: Dr. Donald Barnes, assistant professor in the School of Business at Fredonia State College. Cost: $20, PRSA members; $30, nonmembers, and free for students. Reservations, visit: www.prsabuffaloniagara.com or call 879-0942. Valet parking is available for $10, and several lots and off-street parking are available in addition to valet.

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Business groups

The Western New York Business Network Group for business professionals, 7:45 a.m., Comfort Inn, 1 Flint Road, Amherst. Call 553-8883 or visit www.wnybiznet.com.

The Canisius College Women's Business Center, "Sister Mixer," its annual winter networking event, 810 a.m., Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Historic Site, 641 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. This event is free and open to all people in business. Light refreshments will be served. No reservations required. Information, call Sheila Walsh, 888-8285 or visit www.canisius.edu/wbc.

The Evans Agency, first annual Western New York Farm Show today and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hamburg Fairgrounds Showplex, 5820 South Park Ave., Hamburg. Regional farm owners, landscapers, agribusiness people, and anyone with a general interest in the agricultural industry are invited to attend this admission-free trade show. Planned events include educational workshops, prize drawings, a Skid Steer Rodeo, and a weather and commodity price-predicting groundhog. WYRK 106.5FM Radio will be on site with Clay Moden for live broadcasts on Wednesday.